AVENUE21. Planning and Policy Considerations for an Age of Automated Mobility

The impact of connected and automated vehicles on European cities and the conditions under which this technology can make a positive contribution to urban development are the subject of this open-access publication. The authors put forward two theses that have received little attention in the scientific discourse so far: Connected and automated vehicles will not become fully established in all sub-areas of the city for a long time, and transport and settlement policy regulations must be further developed to ensure a positive contribution.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 460 pages
Publication date: 30 March 2023
Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden

The impact of connected and automated vehicles on European cities and the conditions under which this technology can contribute positively to urban development is the subject of this open-access publication. The authors present two theses that have received limited attention in the scientific discourse thus far. Firstly, connected and automated vehicles will not become fully established in all sub-areas of the city for an extended period. Consequently, previously assumed effects, ranging from traffic safety to traffic performance and spatial impacts, will require reevaluation.

To ensure a positive contribution of this technology to future mobility, transport and settlement policy regulations must be further developed. Established territorial, institutional, and organizational boundaries must be challenged promptly. Despite, or perhaps because of, the existing significant uncertainties, we are at the beginning of a phase of shaping the possible future in technology development, as well as in politics, urban planning, administration, and civil society.

Description of the chapters:

1. Connected and automated driving: The long level 4

Mathias Mitteregger reflects on the road ahead for automated driving. What technological development pathways induce which kind of spatial effects and planning needs?

2. Connected and automated driving: Consideration of the local, spatial context and spatial differentiation

Emilia M. Bruck and Aggelos Soteropoulos reflect on the importance of the local context when classifying and estimating the effects of different forms of automated mobility.

3. Connected and automated driving in the context of a sustainable transport and mobility transformation

Andrea Stickler, Jens S. Dangschat, and Ian Banerjee.

Weight: 1154g
Dimension: 279 x 210 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783662670064
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023